# 초

| 초 | U+CD08, &#52488; HANGUL SYLLABLE CO |
| Composition: | ㅊ + ㅗ |
| ← 촇 [U+CD07] | Hangul Syllables | 촉 → [U+CD09] |
초촉촊촋촌촍촎 촏촐촑촒촓촔촕 촖촗촘촙촚촛촜 총촞촟촠촡촢촣 :
| 쳬 ← | → 촤 |

## Korean
### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [초]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 秒.

#### Noun

초 • (cho) (hanja 秒)
* the SI unit of time, second
* (geometry) a second of arc

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 秒 for Sino-Korean compounds of 초 (秒, cho).

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 初.

#### Noun

초 • (cho) (hanja 初)
* the early part of a time period; the beginning
    Antonym: 말(末) (mal, “end”)
    60년대 초yuksimnyeondae choThe early 60s
* (baseball) top (of an inning)
    Coordinate term: 말(末) (mal, “bottom (of an inning)”)
    1회 초ilhoe choThe top of the first inning

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 初 for Sino-Korean compounds of 초 (初, cho).

### Etymology 3

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 쵸〮 (Yale: chyó).
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 촉 (燭, chok).

#### Noun

초 • (cho)
* candle

### Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

초 • (cho)
* 草:
    (MC reading: 草 (MC tshawX))
* 招:
    (MC reading: 招 (MC tsyew))
* 肖:
    (MC reading: 肖 (MC sjewH))
* 超:
    (MC reading: 超 (MC trhjew))
* 抄:
    (MC reading: 抄 (MC tsrhaew|tsrhaewH))
* 礎:
    (MC reading: 礎 (MC tsrhjoX))
* 樵:
    (MC reading: 樵 (MC dzjew))
* 焦:
    (MC reading: 焦 (MC tsjew))
* 蕉:
    (MC reading: 蕉 (MC tsjew))
* 楚:
    (MC reading: 楚 (MC tsrhjoX|tsrhjoH))
* 剿:
    (MC reading: 剿)
* 哨:
    (MC reading: 哨 (MC sjew|tshjewH))
* 憔:
    (MC reading: 憔 (MC dzjew))
* 梢:
    (MC reading: 梢 (MC sraew))
* 椒:
    (MC reading: 椒 (MC tsjew))
* 炒:
    (MC reading: 炒 (MC tsrhaewX))
* 硝:
    (MC reading: 硝 (MC sjew))
* 礁:
    (MC reading: 礁)
* 稍:
    (MC reading: 稍 (MC sraewH))
* 苕:
    (MC reading: 苕 (MC dew))
* 貂:
    (MC reading: 貂 (MC tew))
* 酢:
    (MC reading: 酢 (MC dzak))
* 醋:
    (MC reading: 醋 (MC tshuH))
* 醮:
    (MC reading: 醮 (MC tsjew|tsjewH))
* 岧:
    (MC reading: 岧 (MC dew))
* 釥:
    (MC reading: 釥 (MC tshjewX))
* 俏:
    (MC reading: 俏 (MC tshjewH))
* 𪓐:
    (MC reading: 𪓐 (MC tsrhjoX))
* 偢:
    (MC reading: 偢)
* 僬:
    (MC reading: 僬 (MC dzjew|tsjew|tsjewH))
* 勦:
    (MC reading: 勦 (MC dzraew|tsjewX))
* 噍:
    (MC reading: 噍 (MC tsjew|dzjewH))
* 嫶:
    (MC reading: 嫶)
* 峭:
    (MC reading: 峭 (MC tshjewH))
* 嶕:
    (MC reading: 嶕 (MC dzjew))
* 怊:
    (MC reading: 怊 (MC trhjew|tsyhew))
* 悄:
    (MC reading: 悄 (MC tshjewX))
* 愀:
    (MC reading: 愀 (MC tshjewX|dzjuwX))
* 杪:
    (MC reading: 杪 (MC mjiewX))
* 燋:
    (MC reading: 燋 (MC tsjew|tsjak))
* 綃:
    (MC reading: 綃 (MC sjew|sraew))
* 耖:
    (MC reading: 耖 (MC tsrhaewH))
* 誚:
    (MC reading: 誚 (MC dzjewH))
* 譙:
    (MC reading: 譙 (MC dzjew))
* 趠:
    (MC reading: 趠 (MC trhaewH|trhaewk))
* 軺:
    (MC reading: 軺 (MC yew|dzyew))
* 迢:
    (MC reading: 迢 (MC dew))
* 鈔:
    (MC reading: 鈔 (MC tsrhaew|tsrhaewH))
* 鍬:
    (MC reading: 鍬)
* 鍫:
    (MC reading: 鍫 (MC tshjew))
* 鞘:
    (MC reading: 鞘 (MC sraew|sjewH))
* 顦:
    (MC reading: 顦 (MC dzjew))
* 髫:
    (MC reading: 髫 (MC dew))
* 鷦:
    (MC reading: 鷦 (MC tsjew))
* 齠:
    (MC reading: 齠 (MC dew))

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).